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See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
GRANT, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:AUGUSTUS (1827–1892) , Scottish explorer of eastern See also:equatorial See also:Africa, was See also:born at See also:Nairn, where his See also:father was the See also:parish See also:minister, on the 11th of See also:April 1827. He was educated at the See also:grammar school and Marischal See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, and in 1846 joined the See also:Indian See also:army. He saw active service in the See also:Sikh See also:War (1848–49), served throughout the See also:mutiny of 1857, and was wounded in the operations for the See also:relief of See also:Lucknow. He returned to See also:England in 1858, and in 186o joined J. H. See also:Speke (q.v.) in the memorable expedition which solved the problem of the See also:Nile See also:sources. The expedition See also:left See also:Zanzibar in See also:October 186o and reached See also:Gondokoro, where the travellers were again in See also:touch with See also:civilization, in See also:February 1863. Speke was the See also:leader, but Grant carried out several investigations independently and made valuable botanical collections. He acted throughout in See also:absolute See also:loyalty to his comrade. In 1864 he published, as supplementary to Speke's See also:account of their See also:journey, A Walk across Africa, in which he dealt particularly with " the See also:ordinary See also:life and pursuits, the habits and feelings of the natives " and the economic value of the countries traversed. In 1864 he was awarded the See also:patron's See also:medal of the Royal See also:Geographical Society, and in 1866 given the Companionship of the See also:Bath in recognition of his services in the expedition. He served in the intelligence See also:department of the Abyssinian expedition of 1868; for this he was made C.S.I. and received the Abyssinian medal. At the See also:close of the war he re-tired from the army with the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel. He had married in 1865, and he now settled down at Nairn, where he died on the 11th of February 1892. He made contributions to the See also:journals of various learned See also:societies, the most notable being the " See also:Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition " in vol. See also:xxix. of the Transactions of the Linnaean Society.
End of Article: GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
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